Pokémon TCG Pocket is about to get bigger and better with the launch of its latest expansion, Space-Time Smackdown! Set to release on January 29th, this all-new expansion features two subsets to choose from: Dialga and Palkia. According to the press release, the set will feature over 140…
If there is one thing you can count on Nintendo for, it’s taking an idea and pushing it to its limits. After months of speculation regarding the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2, we got confirmation in its reveal video that the revamped Joy-Con would attach to the console via magnets. Interestingly…
In a bit of a surprise announcement this morning, the Angry Video Game Nerd has unveiled a brand-new game based on his iconic character. Titled “Angry Video Game Nerd 8-Bit,” there is a cool catch with this latest action/platformer: it’s playable on real NES hardware. After having two indie games…
The voice behind the Star Fox series’ most loved meme has sadly passed away at age 79 due in part to complications from the coronavirus. Rick May only voiced Peppy Hare and Andross in their Star Fox 64 appearances, but even if you never picked up a Nintendo 64 controller,…
We all may know Nintendo as one of gaming’s powerhouses, the company wasn’t always this successful, or even into gaming at all: in a newly released CNBC video, titled “The Rise of Nintendo,” we get a glimpse at the game Nintendo has played over the past 60-plus years to get…
Now may not be the time to do a bunch of gaming on the go, but that hasn’t stopped a YouTube user from creating the N64 SP — a portable Nintendo 64 console. YouTuber GmanModz, who’s done plenty of modded consoles over the years, has completed the project using hardware…
The Super Mario series is turning 35 this year, and according to multiple reports that means a “Mama-mia!” worthy amount of titles and re-releases. For some the most alluring of this might be the prospect of a new Paper Mario title (and I’m sitting here starving for a new Mario…
The following article was written prior to Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s release in North America as a way of examining and celebrating the series’ history and development. Now, as Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition releases in two months’ time, we thought it would be a better time than ever to extol the…
Yesterday, we received word that we might be treated to some Super Mario remakes coming to Switch. Today, new details shared to VGC confirm certain Switch remakes: as it stands, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy are the titles slated as part of the Super Mario…
Capcom’s DuckTales has always stood as a licensed game done right back on the NES, with enough soundtrack sweetness to fill a money bin. This eventually led to WayForward remastering the game in 2013 for more contemporary platforms, reuniting some of the original voice cast with a team that knows…
Have you ever wondered, “Gee, I wonder what all the games made for the Super Nintendo would look like put together in book form?” If so, you’re in luck, as a Japanese publisher has released the Super Famicom Complete Guide, a whopping 448-page novel behind one of Nintendo’s beloved consoles. …
Nintendo of Japan has gained a reputation over the years for having brilliant customer service representation, something that is made clear by a heartwarming story published by the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun a few days ago and shared by Twitter user @SITM_K. 95歳でゲームボーイを楽しむおばあちゃんと任天堂の「神対応」ならぬ「紙対応」に朝からほっこり。 pic.twitter.com/IAnVU3WwrS — 埼玉犬也/Saitama.K (@SITM_K) February 20, 2020…
From 1988 through to 2012, Nintendo Power was a mainstay of magazine stands across the United States, and it’s likely many of the fans who got their start flicking through its pages vividly remember its cover art. Instead of recycling pre-supplied renders, for many of its covers, Nintendo Power instead…
The original Sonic and Puyo Puyo games were great in their own ways, and that goes for their Sega Ages versions currently on the eShop too. Today, though, both of their sequels have arrived as examples of second efforts that did pretty much everything better and have become even more…
One of the more infamous cancelled games out there is Starcraft: Ghost — an ostensible third-person shooter in development in the early ’00s. And now a playable iteration of the Xbox version has leaked online, as discovered by several YouTube users. While not a clean build of the game (it…
